What hobbies do you enjoy?

[tubatooter1940]

The short-term new hobby is this:

TRAVEL THE WESTERN US IN A VAN.

' weird, but to each her own...

Mary Ann, please tell us more about your van and where the place is you are visiting first.
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[bobo]

I like to play DS, just walk around without a purpose and I love to make duck tape art.

Sorry I made this on my iPod stupid auto correct

[k001k47]

I love to make dick tape art.

I have no idea what that is.

[bobo]

I love to make dick tape art.

I have no idea what that is.

Sorry about that it's hard to type on this stupid iPod I fixed it

[k001k47]

I love to make dick tape art.

I have no idea what that is.

Sorry about that it's hard to type on this stupid iPod I fixed it

[Brown Mule]

I collect and restore Steam locomotive Whistles.-----------------------They "project" much better than Tubas, incidently!!!-------some of them into the next county. I blow them with compressed air. 125PSI. ( Wish I was Blokes next door neighbor ) Thinking about adding some antique fire truck sirens to my collection.

[Tubachin]

My hobbies are golf, woodworking (Shaker furniture and turning), volunteer work, and taking care of my 5 chickens...

[Bill Troiano]

I pick things up and I put things down. I got into this about a year ago.

[bort]

I pick things up and I put things down. I got into this about a year ago.

I love that commercial.

[Wyvern]

Cycling is the main one I regularly indulge in apart from tuba playing now a days. However I also take a special interest in classical music, wildlife (particularly elephants), photography, steam locomotives and Mercedes-Benz cars

[Virtuoso]

I like to eat. Food, usually.

[TinyTubist97]

I love REAL R/C cars. Like the 70+ m.p.h ones, not the $5 wal-mart things.

[Donn]

I do not ham, but have known people who did, and I gather the miracles of the modern age haven't made it obsolete yet. The lady of the house is involved in long distance outdoor foot races, and operators really help out on the more remote ones where it's the only way to communicate with some of the stations. Not to mention the usual natural disaster situations.

My hobby is less gear intensive though - just need a gooseberry bush. I crush worms.


See that thumb? One quick, easy maneuver, and those little worms are grease.

If that sounds like it might be for you, here's how to get started: get a gooseberry bush. If you don't have a place for one, maybe a neighbor would put one in and let you do the honors. Keep it watered and weeded (they aren't the tallest bush ever.) Unless you're really psyched about this, you'll probably forget about it after a year or so, until you happen to notice that your gooseberry's leaves are almost gone. The worms are here, and it's time for the fun to start! For the rest of the summer, and every summer henceforth, you can crush worms a few minutes every day.

I think I may be particularly blessed with more than one species - one that's like the picture, and another that is a more even, slightly bluish green. They also infest currants, if it really matters to you.

Some insects share my interest - we have these


For the entomologically challenged, that's a common wasp, but not a hornet or yellow jacket - very different though similarly striped. The wasp as pest control illustrates some of the differences between professionals and amateurs. A good wasp nest is extremely effective, because they're hungry, skilled and they have all day, so when they get on the problem they really clean up. But they have their own agenda, and you can't make them stay with the gooseberry bush, and while they're off doing other stuff to feed the kids, the worms come back and strip the leaves.

If you have time to practice this rewarding hobby, and can crush those worms yourself every day or so, you might be rewarded with some tasty gooseberries. Or currants might work, but I'd recommend several varieties of the European gooseberry - I mean, actually get several, it's hard to predict which ones will do well in a particular location. I think mine that survived is some obscure variety from Finland. I suppose it's also possible that the worms will not appear in your location, in which case, enjoy the berries and try to find another hobby.